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Why do you think Kipinski played along with Herold?

posted 4 years ago by whynotwriteme (7817)
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Kipinski spotted the too-long trousers right away. The smirk he had indicates he saw through Herold's ruse almost the minute he saw him. Why do you think he played along instead of taking the uniform for himself? I think Kipinski was smart enough to realize he himself was too brutal and coarse to have pulled off the impersonation of an officer as well as Herold could, and he decided to play along and take advantage of whatever benefits cooperating with Herold could bring him.

[–] [deleted] 4 years ago

so that's why he was executed?

[–] whynotwriteme (7817) 4 years ago

Yeah. Herold knew that Kipinski knew the truth about him, so he had him shot to silence a potential threat. Also, Herold was jealous because Kipinski took the girl Herold was interested in at the hotel.

[–] BeaSouth (3566) 2 years ago

I thought Herold executed Kipinski because Kipinski stole the prostitute from him. It showed Herold that when it came to a contest of manhood, Kipinski was not intimidated because Herold was a hoax. Herold could not tolerate that situation.